It's easy to write one's memoirs when one has a terrible memory. — Arthur Schnitzler Copy Share Image
Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
One of the odder byways of nonfiction is the dishy memoir by those who have served the great or the near-great. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
'Something Borrowed' was initially titled 'Rolling the Dice,' but my editor said it sounded like a men's gambling memoir. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“This is a memoir of (my) body because, more often than not, stories of bodies like mine are ignored or dismissed or… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
True memoir is written, like all literature, in an attempt to find not only a self but a world — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
“Finally the dawn came, the sky fringed with pink, and the sun bright as a coin in a spill of rising red.” — Lauren Slater Copy Share Image
“After college I got a job and started working. This new career had absolutely nothing to do with my degree.” — Jason Najum Copy Share Image
I was too busy doing my job and living my life to spend time keeping notes for some future volume of memoirs. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
People really want to believe that there is no fiction. I think they find it much easier to imagine that novelists are… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
There is a lot of scepticism today as to whether memoir is real. But when fiction is done at a certain level… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“I could simply kill you now, get it over with, who would know the difference? I could easily kick you in, stove… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Her lips full and inviting, she has an infectious laugh and glassy cackle in her eyes, and a 2000 volt sexual charisma… — Brett Tate Copy Share Image
“Meandering cows, tenacious bicyclers, belching taxis, rickshaws, fearless pedestrians and the occasional mobile ‘cigarette and sweets’ stand all fought our taxi for… — Jennifer S. Alderson Copy Share Image
“When you write your memoir you will understand, perhaps for the first time, the significance of your life through the language, images… — Maureen Murdock Copy Share Image
Cheryl Strayed reminds us, in her lyrical and courageous memoir Wild, of what it means to be fully alive, even in the… — Mira Bartok Copy Share Image
“Successes are those highlights of life we look back on with a smile. But it's the day to day grind of getting… — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
“Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state of mental quietude. Meditative writing,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Going from memoir to fiction was fantastic. I had been afraid to move away from memoir; I'd written some novel drafts, but… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
“It's the same with the wound in our hearts. We need to give them our attention so that they can heal. Otherwise… — James R. Doty Copy Share Image
If anything, I've found nonfiction a little easier. You don't have to make anything up. Of course, that's the inherent difficulty as… — Debra Dean Copy Share Image
“Darkness fell, revealing a sparkling night sky so beautiful that we decided to sleep out under the stars. At gray dawn, Phyllis… — William Packer Copy Share Image
The other reason I didn't want to fictionalize it is because one of the main points of publishing a memoir in nonfiction… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
“As a survivor of sibling abuse, the toxic shame is not for the survivor to carry. You didn’t do anything wrong. You… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
I'd say, [writing memoir] not so much a model, but maybe to provide an insight, here or there, to help somebody come… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
![“I'd say, [writing memoir] not so much a model, but maybe to provide an insight, here or there, to help somebody come to terms with the dark corners of their own soul, to come to terms with the undecided, their own sense of self, and maybe help develop a capacity to love - to love wisdom, love…” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/22d/cornel-west-708_capacity_i-d-say-writing-memoir-not-so-much-a-mod_376670.jpg)
